Portable house



April 15, 1930. E, LA LEN 1,754,590

PORTABLE HOUSE Filed Jan. 12, 1929 2 SheetsSheet l F y-Z Attorney Patented Apr. 15, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE ELMER L. ALLEN, OF QUEENS VILLAGE, NEW YORK PORTABLE HOUSE Application filed January 12, 1929. Serial No. 331,987.

and houses,.such as are practicably usable in illlitklng models, toys, bird houses and the More specifically stated, the invention is embodied in a rigid non-collapsible toy or 1 model house constructed from rigid unbendable material, for instance, so called wall board, or such available material and featured by great strength and ability to be roughly handled without harm and comprising a novel association of parts cooperating in producing a distinctive structure.

The arrangement permits the construction of small enclosures of light weight material which would not, in themselves, be sufficiently rigid and strong as to stand up, provide an easy method of construction, make a strong, rigid house, and is capable of being incorporated in constructions of various shapes, sizes and designs.

The particular details and their specific association and cooperation will become more readily apparent from the following description and drawings.

In the drawings: I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a structure made in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detail sectional view of one corner portion of the structure showing the relationship of parts plainly.

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section through the structure.

Figure 4 is a vertical fragmentary end por- 4 tion through one end of the structure.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section through one corner portion with the floor removed.

In carrying out the invention, I provide a structure which is constructed principally from wall board or equivalent light weight material.

In Figure 3, the reference character 6 designates a fibrous or composite base, on which a rectangular wooden frame? is nailed or 0 otherwise fastened. Nailed down on this and held frame is a floor 8, of fibrous material, of a shape corresponding to the frame and of an area occupying the space surrounded by the frame. V.

Embracing the frame and floor and supported on the base is the wall structure which embodies a pair of side walls 9 having suitable door openings, and a pair of duplicate end walls 10. Each end wall includes an upper extension 11, functioning as a gable and cooperable with the removable gable roof 12.

The end walls may be provided with window openings 13, if desired.

The removable roof comprises inclined pieces of wall board 14, Whose abutting edges are brought together in converging relation in this assembled position by triangular wooden end forms 15 and an intermediate form 16 of considerably smaller-size than said end forms. Incidentally the forms 15 are relatively large, whereas the intermediate forms 16 are comparatively small. They serve to maintain rigidity in shape of the roof structure and the wall board and the roof are nailed to those wooden pieces. In V the wall structure, in the corners are upstanding wooden posts 17, and each post has its upper edge terminating flush with the upper edges of the side walls 9 having its lower end resting upon the floor. The walls 9 and 10 are nailed to these corner posts, thus making an enclosure which can he slipped down over and around the frame and floor and nailed to the frame 7.

Attention is called to the novel arrangement seen in Figure 4, wherein the wooden forms 15 are disposed in abutting relation with the inner surfaces of the gable extensions 11 of the two end walls. Also these forms rest down on top of the corner posts to equalize and properly distribute the stresses and strains. It is to be mentioned again that the complete roof structure 12 is bodily removable.

By nailing the comparatively fragile Wall board pieces of the structure to the Wooden elements, rigidity and durability in structure is insured. Moreover the wood provides appropriate anchorage for the nail. It is thought, however, that a careful consideration of the description in conjunctionwith the drawing, will enable the reader to obtain a clear understanding of the construction, operation and features of the invention. Therefore, a more lengthy description of the invention is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in the shape, size and materials coming within the field of theinvention claimed may be resorted to, in actual 0 practice if desired.

I claim:

In a portable structure of the class described, a base, a frame fastened to said base at points spaced inwardly from the marginal u edges of the base, a floor fastened to said frame having its marginal edges flush with the mar 'nal faces of the frame a wall structure em racing the frame and iioor and resting down on the base, corner posts embodied m in said wall structure, said corner posts havirg their upper edges terminating flush with the upper edges of the side walls and having their lower edges resting on the floor, and a removable roof on said wall structure, the end 25 wells ofthewallstructureincludingupperend extensions functioning as gables, said roof lming of gable form and including upwardly converging fibrous pieces fastened to an intermediate and a pair of outer transversely ex- 30 tending triangular wooden gable pieces, the outermost wooden gable pieces being arranged againd, the inner surfaces of the gable extension of said end walls and resting down upon the corner post and end walls a In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ELMEB L. AL EN. 

